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Neil Barras - 30 Aug 2006 19:00 GMT

Hi all,

My XDAIIi arrived today, and it is locked to o2. I popped out to a phone
store and bought an o2 pay and go sim card. Got home, put it in, but the
signal indicator just has an ! next to it. I can't get credit onto it
either. Does the sim card have to be registered on o2 first before I can
make calls? Is it one of those "wait 24 hours before your sim is
registered" kind of things? I have seen plenty of people that have XDAII's
on Pay as you go sims, and what confused me more is that it's an o2 sim!

Thanks,

Neil

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majogh - 30 Aug 2006 23:15 GMT

>Hi all,
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>Neil

The O2 sims I have used all worked without the need to be registered.

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FWC - 31 Aug 2006 14:36 GMT

I have orange and 02 sims both on contract and pay as you go and both pay as
you go sims. i had to call up and register my details on Orange but my 02
sim did register a signal but i coulntt make or recieve calls so i had to
call 02 and register. Both sims bought direct from operators.

I havent heard of any1 just buying a sim card and popping it into their
phone and worked straight away.

I dont think you can.

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Neil Barras - 31 Aug 2006 16:11 GMT

Ah. This morning because I needed a phone, I unlocked my XDA so I could
use my old Virgin simcard. The Virgin simcard works OK, but now the phone
has been unlocked, will my o2 PayG simcard still work once registered?

Thanks

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Ivor Jones - 31 Aug 2006 16:17 GMT

> I have orange and 02 sims both on contract and pay as you
> go and both pay as you go sims. i had to call up and
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> I havent heard of any1 just buying a sim card and popping
> it into their phone and worked straight away.

You have now.

> I dont think you can.

Wrong. Only Orange in the UK require registration. Other networks may
offer certain benefits if you register, but only Orange actually *require*
it before the SIM will work.

Ivor

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Neil Barras - 31 Aug 2006 16:28 GMT

>> I have orange and 02 sims both on contract and pay as you
>> go and both pay as you go sims. i had to call up and
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> offer certain benefits if you register, but only Orange actually *require*
> it before the SIM will work.

Damn, I'm confused now. As I said earlier, I have it unlocked now. What I
guess I now want to know is, will the o2 sim still work now my phone is
unlocked? My sister has an o2 phone so I can put the sim in hers to see if
anything happens, but I would have thought it should have been plug and
play?

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Neil Barras - 31 Aug 2006 19:56 GMT

> Damn, I'm confused now. As I said earlier, I have it unlocked now. What
> I guess I now want to know is, will the o2 sim still work now my phone is
> unlocked? My sister has an o2 phone so I can put the sim in hers to see
> if anything happens, but I would have thought it should have been plug and
> play?

I tested the SIM in my Sister's phone, and it came up with "Unregistered
Sim". I then put in an unused SIM that she got as part of a promotional
freebie type thing and it registered in under a minute! I'm going to take
back the SIM that will not register, but before I do, is there anything else
I can try?

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